Printing mechanism for labels or tickets.



No. 679,627. Patented July 30, I90l. J. LEAVY &. I. ROGGEN. PRINTING MECHANISM FOR LABELS 0B TICKETS.

(Application filed June 2, 1900.)

(No Modei.)

IN VE N 70/?J Jwepfl Zmagy. flaar 1742 071. BY

m S E w W UNITED STATES PATENT JOSEPH LEAVY AND ISAAC ROGGEN, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y.

PRlNTHNlG MECHANISM FOR LABELS OR TICKETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 679,627, dated July 30, 1901. Application filed June 2, 1900. Serial No. 18,833. (N model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH LEAVY, a resident of the city of New York, (NewBrighton,) borough of Richmond, in the county of Richmond, and ISAAC ROGGEN, a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York, State of New York, citizens of the United States, have invented a new and Improved Printing Mechanism for Labels or Tickets, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

One purpose of the invention is to simplify the construction of machines for printing numerals, words, or characters upon labels or tickets and to provide means whereby individual tickets and labels of a strip will be automatically held one after the other in position to be printed upon and after the impression has been made be fed forward a distance about equal to the width of the tickets or labels, suitably-operated mechanism being provided to withdraw the locking devices from the tickets just prior to their forward feed.

Afurther purpose of the invention is to provide an inking-roller concentrically mounted upon astationary support, and, further, to eccentrically mount the printing-head upon a shaft, which also carries a feed-cam, which cam acts upon the labels or tickets just prior to the act of impression, holding the labels stationary, and, further, acts to feed the printed label forward or from the printinghead just after the impression is made. The object of mounting the printing-head eccentrically and the printing-roller concentrically is to prevent any portion of the printing-head touching the inking-roller except that surface which is farthest from the axis of the head, at which surface the matter to be impressed or printed is arranged in proper order.

The invention consists in the novel con struction and .combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to behad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved maehine. Fig. 2 is a transverse sec- FICE.

support, the printing-head, feed-cam, looking device, and a ticket or label, the inkingroller and supporting-roller being shown in front elevation. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken substantially on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken practically on the line 44 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 isa detail view of one of the disks or rings of the printinghead, a portion thereof being broken away. Fig. 6 is a face view of the feed-cam, and Fig. 7 is a transverse section throughthe hub or central portion of the printing-head.

The frame of the machine as illustrated consists of two sides 10 and 11, the side 10 extending up beyond the side 11, and the two sides'are connected by a bottom plate 12, and an auxiliary side piece 13 constitutes a continuation of the shorter side 11 andis carried below the bottom plate 12 to form a bottom 14, and the table 16 or other support upon which the frame is to be placed is received between the bottom plate 12 and the bottom 14. A set-screw 15 or equivalent device is carried by the bottom 14. and is arranged for engagement with the under side of the support 16, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. A shaft 17 is secured at one end in the upper portion of the longer side 10 of the frame, and on this shaft 17 an inking-roller 18 is loosely mounted, being supplied with ink by hand or in any approved manner.

A shaft 19 is mounted to turn in the upper portion of the shorter side 11 and in a corre sponding part or portion of the opposing side 10. This shaft 19 is provided with a thread 20, preferably at that end nearest theshorter side 11 of the frame, as shown in Fig. 2. 1 Within the frame near the opposite end of 0" the shaft a gear-wheel 21 is secured to said shaft, and adjacent to this gear-wheel a cam I 22 is fixed on the shaft by a set-screw or equivalent device. This cam is a feed-cam and is illustrated in detail in Fig. 6, in which 5 the working surface 23 of the cam is semicircular, and the said cam at the central portion of its working surface is provided with a longitudinal slot 24 for a purpose to be hereinafter stated. 7

A printing-head A is located on the shaft 19, adjacent to the feed-cam 22. This head a preferably consists of a hub-section 25, which tion through the frame of the machine, its

is secured eccentrically'upon the shaft 19 in aa. PRiiIlNG.

, the

said hub is provided with a series of exterior cry of each disk, and said type numerals or characters may be embossed or in intaglio,

as desired. A pin 30 is mounted to slide ineach of the disks 28, and each pin extends usually from the periphery of the disk into the central opening 27, being held in thisposition by a suitably-placed spring 31. The disks are held in position. on the hub of the printing-head by reason of the inner pro- ,iecting endsof the pins of said disks en-. tcring the grooves 26 in the hub, as shown in.

Fig. 3, and the position of the disks on the hub of the printing-head may be changed by forcing the disks around and causing the pins 30 to pass fromone groove 26 to the otherin thehub. The printing-head is placed be-.

tween two washers 33 and 33*, and the said head is just below the inking-roller 18. The. head is held in position on the shaft 19 and its disk memberscrowded closely together,

and. prevented from moving after. having been set by means of a suitable nut 32, lo-

cated on the threaded portion 20 of the shaft,

19, as is best shown in Fig. 2. I

The gear 21 is in mesh with a gear 35, which gear is secured on a shaft 36, journaled in the lower portions of; the side sections 10 and 11 ofthe frame. A supporting or bed roller 37 is secured-on the shaft 36, and this roller is usually provided with a covering 38, of rubberor other soft material, as shownin'l ig. 3.

end of the roller, and thiscam is adapted to operate a locking device, to be hereinafter are alincd at that portion of the head which.

is farthest from the axis of the shaft and in aliuemont with the slot 24 in the feed-cam 22,.

' which slot serves in the capacity of a guide to setthe numbers or characters on the head.

A guide B is, located at each side of. the frame near its upperportion, and each. guide.

consists of horizontal plate 41, whichissecured in any suitable or approved manner upon the bottom wall of an angular recess 42, madein the upper rear portions ofthe side sectionslO and Y11 of. the frame, together with,

angular extensions 43 atthe. inner and'longi-v tndinal edgesof said'platesetl, the .horizontah At the endof the bed-roller 37'adjacent; to the shorter side section 11 of the frame a. cam 39 is either secured to the shaft. or to the.

members of which angular extensions are carriedin the direction of each other. Each guide B is provided with a single horizontal arm 43, extending from the inner edge of its plate member 41, and these arms 43 are carried to the forward vertical edges of the sides 10 and 11. A table 44 is located below the plates 41, 1 being secured to the side sections of the .frame, and the forward edge of the table is carried as near as possible to the space between the printing-head A and the bed-roller 37.

The tickets orlabels 45 are preferably made 'in the form of a strip 0, said strip being composed of any desired number of tickets or labels. The tickets or'labels of a strip are separated from each other at their side edges lby recesses or cuts 46, which recesses or cuts .are shown V-shaped; but they may be otherl;wise shaped, if desired. The strip is placed @upon the table 44 and is passed between the table and the inner projecting portions 43 of gthe guides B. As the strip is fed forward it Epasses between the guide-arms 43, which pro: Event the strip from having lateral movement. ZWhen a ticket or label is in position to be printed uponby the printing-head, the head 47 of a spring-controlled locking-pin 48 enters {one of: the side cuts or recesses-46 and pro- 'vents the strip 0 from movingwhile alabel is lbeing printed. Thellocking-pin 48 is located. ;in one of the guide-arms 43*", as shown in Figs. '2 and 4, and is capable of moving out through; I an opening 49 in the side section. 11 of the 1 frame. After an impression. has been made, ion a label or ticket the cam 39 on the driveishaft 36 engages with the head47 0f the locking-pin and forces it back, while at the same time the cam 22 will have positive bearing on the printed label or ticket and as the shaft' 19 revolves will feed the same forward until a second ticket or label is drawn into position to be printedppon, whereupon the head 47 y of the locking-pin 48 will fall into another no notch and will hold the strip again stationary. As. the shaft revolves, carrying the printing head from engagement with a. ticket, the head gradually approaches the printing-roller un :til the number which is to be printed comes uppermost on the head, whereupon the head engages with the inking-roller and receives a. a proper supply of ink. As the printing-head" further revolves and just before the number. to be printed-is brought into printing posi- 120 tion over theticket or label'the-feed-cam 22 will engage with the ticket or label and will. itend to assist the locking-pin 48 in holding i the ticket againsttransverse or longitudinal fmovement. 25 Having thus described our invention, we iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent---. I 1. In-aprinting mechanism for labels and: itickets, the. combination with an inkingiroller, and a supporting-roller, of a printing; 1% headreccentrically mounted between the inkling. andsupporting rollers, saidzhead comj prising. ahub. and type-disks-sadjustably the shaft of the at one end, a printing -head eccentri cally mounted on theshaft,afeed-cam secured tothe said shaft adjacent to the printing-head'and occupying a corresponding position to that of the printing-head, said cam serving to feed the ticket or label forward and assisting in holding the same from movement during the printing, a second shaft below the first shaft and provided with a gear-wheel meshing with the gear-wheel of the said first shaft, a supporting-roller on the second shaft below the printing-head and feed-cam, and means for locking the strip while it is being printed upon, substantially as herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH LEAVY. ISAAC ROGGEN.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL Z. CASHMAN, LoUIs HARRIS. 

